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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

Edit/update from 9to5google so this post does not spread what is apparently inaccurate information: https://9to5google.com/2024/07/08/google-maps-pop-up-quick-detour-ad/

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

So will we soon have to go places we Don't want to go... Just so we can get directions to where we want to go?

If incorrect directions will be the norm...maybe it's Time to find a new map app

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's just unsafe. You're gonna make me have to reroute my GPS while I'm driving? No thanks.

Crazy watching Google kill themselves in real time.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I've been getting little bubbles for store/restaurant logos popping up on the map for about a month as I drive, and I assumed that's what it was. So every time I see one, I make a point to not eat/go there for awhile just out of spite.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Remove the detour by drinking a verification can

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Popups while driving? With buttons that have to be pressed for it to go away? What could possible go wrong diverting the attention of a driver this way?!

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It’s too bad androidauthority doesn’t think the “reject all” cookies rule applies to them.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And i thought it was bad when the gps says to make a right at the starbucks instead of using the street name.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Why not? Their global emissions are already skyrocketing due to AI hype. Fuck the planet, let's make more money this quarter!!!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Can my steet gang put in some of these ads? Only to high end luxury automobiles?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who The Fuck Types In Sentence Case All The Time Like This?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That was killed quickly.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

2024: year of the openstreetmaps

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Google also notices a spike in Google searches for "alternative to Google maps"...ignores it.

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